Power-transmission gearing.



No. 896,654. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

' G. MILNER.

POWER TRANSMISSION GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.Z1, 1907.

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POWER TRANSMISSION GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.21, 1907.

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5 32 I 9 .fl 35 H 2 "1 fl GEORGE MILNER, or BROOKLYN, NEW-YORK.

rownn-rnensmssron GEARINGQ Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed October 21, 1907. Serial No. 898,477.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MILNER, a citizen of the United States, Iresiding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Power-Transmission Gearing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in power transmission gearing and its object is to obtain an increase of power from a driving member to a driven member, and this is more especially true where it is desired to produce an increased starting torque.

- The invention consists essentially in the driving member and a driven member, and

intermediate members connecting the, driving member to the driven member, which intermediate members include elastic connections so arranged that the driving member may have a considerable extentof travel before the driven member is brought up to s eed, so that the time element enters into the movements sufficiently to roduce a large increase of power between t e driving member connected either directly or indirectly to an engine or other prime mover, and a driven member which may be connected directly to the work.

The invention will be best understood from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which,

Figure 1 is an. elevation of the transmission gearing with some parts broken away and others shown in section. Fig. 2 is an edge or plan view of the transmission gearing with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a section on the line x-a; of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a drive shaft 1 which may be considered either as the drive shaft of the engine or the armature shaft of an electric motor,.or even a countershaft receiving power from some prime mover. In line with the drive shaft is the driven shaft 2 which may be directly connected to the work, or may beindirectly connected thereto, as may .be found most desirable. Only the contiguousends of the drive and driven shafts are sho'wn; it will be understood, however, v that theseshafts. are, in practice, provided with suitable bearin s,

as may be needed. The shaft 2 enters an is I suitabl secured to the hub 3 of thedisk 4, which atter, for the more convenient housnumber of perforations 8' ,for the reception of-pins, 10 upon the end of the drive shaft 1. These ins form a coupling by means of which the drive shaft 1 is directly connected to, the wheel 8 torotate the same. In the drawings, no attempt is made to show relative proportions of these parts, but'it will be understood that within the practical embodiment of the invention the parts. are all made in the proper proportion to safely transmit the desired power. Also mounted loosely upon the stud 6 is a ooved roller 9 which may be spaced from t e shaft 2 by a sleeve 18, orit may be located upon the stud 6 in any other suitable manner. Engaging this roller 9 on diametrically opposite sides thereof are two rack frames 11, 12, each substantially rectangular in shape. with a mid-strut 13. That side of each rack frame 11 and .12 engaging the roller 9 is further supported by a groove idler 14 mounted upon a pin 15 projecting from the disk 4. The roller 9 and corresponding idler 14 serve simply as supports for the corresponding rack ame 11 or 12. Directly opposite that portionof the rack frame supported upon the rollers 9 and 14 are out a series of teeth constituting a rack section 16 extending for a distance alo the side of the rack frame, and this side of t e rack frame ultimately terminates in a smooth section 1 7, that is, a section free from ear. or rack teeth, The smooth section 0 the rack frame is engaged by a grooved roller 18,.and the rack frame is formed with a projection 19 limiting the movement ofthe rack frame in one direction of its travel. Each rack frame .11. and 12 is similarlyprovided with ,a rack bansection 16 and'guide roller 18, together with the stop or "projection 19, and, in practice, these rack ames move simultaneously, but in opposite. directions with relation to the disk 1'. The rack frames are each connected to the periphery of the wheel 8, or, more properly, to the rim of the wheel 8, by a link 20 pivotally connected to that corner of the rack frame which is nearest the idler 14, and having its other end connected to a pin 21 projecting from the rim of the wheel 8, the link 20 extending centrally through the rack frame and passing through a slot 22 in the midstrut 13- of the corresponding rack frame. Since there are two rack frames, there are, of course, two links 26', and these links are con nected to the .rim of the wheel. 8 at diametrically opposite points, the links tending to cause longitudinal movement of the rack frames when the wheel 8 is rotated upon the stem 6, and the links being centrally located with reference to the rack frames, the latter are not subjected to side strains.

Each rack bar 11 and 12 is engaged by a pinion 23 mounted upon a stud 24 projecting from the'disk 4. There are two of these pin ions 23 on diametrically opposite sides of the axis of the disk 4, and in a plane passing through said axis. Still more remote from the axis of the disk than are the pinions 23 are other rack frames 25 mounted for free longitudinal movement upon a number of guide rollers 26 mounted upon studs 26 pro jecting from the disk 4. To accommodate certain other portions of the mechanism, the rack frames 11 and 12 set out for a distance from the face of the disk 4, while the rack frames 25 are quite close to the disk. For,

this reason, the pinions 23 aremade of suflicient width to engage both rack frames, and

. for this purpose, these pinions maybe made cup-shaped, as shown in the drawings, or they may be made of any other suitable sha e.

Vl hen the wheel 8 is turned upon its axis, the rackfframes 11 and 12 are caused to move in strai ht lines but in o posite directions with re erence to each odher, and thereby im art rotative movement to the pinions 23, an in turn these plnions impart longitudinal movement to the rack frames 25, so that the latter, however, move in opposite directions one to the other and. also in opposite directions to the contiguous rack frames which is the one more remote from the disk 4, is fixed upon its stud 27 by a set screw 30,

While the oovedlwheel 29 is freely rotatable upon t e corresponding stud 27. Thus, there is located upon each side and at equal distances from, the axis of the disk 4 a pair of grooved wheels, one of which rotates freely upon its supporting journal stud and the other of whic is fixed against rotation upon seaesa said stud. These grooved Wheels are of a diameter a little less than the radius of the disk 4.

Located near the'periphery oi, the disk 4 at points equi-distant from and on opposite sides of the axis of the disk are two rollers 30, 30 having grooved peripheries and freely rotatable upon supporting studs 31 pro'ecting from the face of the disk 4. The stu s 31 are located in planes cutting the studs 27 and parallel with the axes of the disk and pinions 23.

Fast to each rack frame 25, at the end farthest from the point of engagement therewith of the pinion 23, is a flexible cord or strand 32 extending around the periphery of the grooved wheel 29 in the direction toward the periphery of the disk 4, thence around the grooved roller 30 to one end of a helical spring 33, which, in turn, may engage for a distancein the groove in the wheel 28 and has its corresponding end fast to a flexible cord or strand 34 laid in the groove of the wheel 28 to be ultimately passed through a perforation therein and knotted so as to be made fast thereto, as indicated at 35. The engagement of the strand 32 with the periphery of the wheel 28 is adjacent to the peri hery of the disk 4, while the engagement 0 the spring 33 with the periphery of the wheel 28 1s at that portion of the latter nearest to the axis of the disk'4.

Now, let it be assumed that the shaft '2 is shaft 1 to rotate the same. The wheel 8 will be difectly rotated by the shaft 1 and at the same speed. The rotation of the wheel 8 acts through the links 20 to slide the rack frames 11 and 12 in their bearings, toward the periphery of the disk 4. This rectilinear movement is transmitted by the pinions 23 to the rack bars 25, so that'the latter are caused to travel in a direction opposite to'the direction of travel of the rack frames or bars 11 and 12. i The movement of the rack bars or frames 25 is transmitted'to the strands 32, acting upon the rollers 29, and also upon the springs 33 tending to elongate the latter and put them under tension. Ultimatel the pull of the rack frames 25 is exerte upon the grooved wheels near the periphery of the disk. Now, it will be apparent that there will be a considerable rotative movement of the shaft 1 before the. spring'is under sufficient tension to overcome the dead resistarer'eadily taken care of by the reaction of the s rings 33. I c aim:

- 1. In a mechanism of the class described, a drive shaft, a driven shaft, a disk carried by standing still andjpower is applied to the v said driven shaft and rotatable therewith, a wheel carried by the driven shaft and rotatable independently thereof, said wheel being connected to the drive shaft, a rack bar mounted for rectilinear movement and connected to said wheel, another rack bar mounted for rectilinear movement, a inion connecting the two rack bars, a pul ey or grooved wheel mounted on the disk to one side of the axis thereof, another grooved wheel coincident with the firstnamed groove wheel but held against rotation with relation to the disk, a spring connected with the relatively fixed grooved wheel, and a flexible strand connected to the spring and second named rack bar respectively and engaging the periphery of the first-named grooved wheel at that portion thereof remote from the axis of the. disk.

2. In a mechanism of the class described, a drive shaft, a driven shaft, a disk fast on the driven shaft, a pair of grooved wheels carried by the disk on each side of the axis thereof, one of the grooved wheels being fixed with relation to the disk and the other independently rotatable, two rack bars on opposite sides of the axis of the disk and mountedfor rectilinear movement in opposite directions with relation to said disk, a flexible cord or strand for each rack bar and connected at one end thereto, the said cord or strand engaging that portion of the respective movable. grooved wheel remote from the axis of the disk, a spring connected to the other end of the cord or strand and itself engaging. that portion of-thc periphery of the respective fixed grooved wheel nearest the axis of the disk, two other rack bars 011 oppositesides of the axis of the disk, pinions connecting the last named rack bars with the first named rack bars, a wheel connected directly to the drive shaft, and link connections between the wheel and the last named rack bars.

3. In a mechanism of the class described, a drive member, a driven member, a rotatable member connected to the drive member, reciprocating members connected to the rotatable member and progressively removed from the axis of the drive and driven members, a spring member connected to the drivenmember and to one of the reciprocating members, and a rotatable member interposed between the spring and the reciprocating member to which it is connected and engaged by the connections between the spring and the said reciprocating member at a point more remote from the axis of the driven member than is the reciprocating member to which this spring is connected.

4. In a mechanism of the class described, a

drive shaft, a driven shaft, a disk carried by said driven shaft and rotatable therewith, a rotatable member in the axis but independent of the driven shaft, and connected directly to the drive shaft, rack bars mounted for rectilinear movement upon the disk, a link connection between the rotatable member and one of the rack bars, a pinion mounted upon the disk and engaging both rack bars, one of the said rack bars being more remote from the axis of the disk than the other rack bar, a grooved wheel mounted on said disk to one side of the axis thereof, another grooved wheel mounted in the axis of the first-named groove wheel but held against rotation with relation to the disk, a spring connected with the relatively fixed groove wheel, a cord or flexible strand connected to the spring and to the second named rack bar and engaging. the periphery of the first named groove wheel at that portion thereof remote from the axis of the disk, and a guide roller mounted on the disk in operative relation to the grooved wheels and over which the flexible cord or strand is passed and its direction of movement changed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE MILNER.

Witnesses:

PHILIP M. LOVKIN, J. T. WATERS. 

